# Stepan Galaev

> Stepan Galaev is a seed investor at Galaev & Co backing Photography and Energy. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Firm: Galaev & Co
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stepangalaev/
- Website: https://galayev.com/

Stepan Galaev is a seed investor at Galaev & Co in London focused on Photography and Energy. Managing investment portfolios of renowned angel investor on Dragons' Den (Sharks' Tank). After several years of deep-diving in the venture capital environment, he saw an opportunity to build a multi-family office that would cater to individuals and institutions with similar business ethics, and the strong belief that investing in youngventures can deliver both social and economic returns.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Photography | 2 | 29% |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |
| Messaging | 1 | 14% |
| Craft Beer | 1 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Angel | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 71% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boomf | Our initial product, Boomf is a quite simply a better way to send a sentiment. Whether you are saying happy birthday, congratulations, or I love you, Boomf makes it personal, but even better than a card, Boomf are wonderfully sweet and chewy.The printed marshmallow product is the first of its kind and Boomf intends to stay at the forefront byinventing more wonderful and original ways to get personal. |  | Angel | Jan 20, 2022 | http://boomf.com |
| Splento | Splento helps restaurants and digital marketplaces solve one of the most overlooked challenges in digital commerce: scalable visual content. Through AI-powered image enhancement, generation, and visual optimisation workflows, Splento provides the infrastructure that enables restaurants to grow online. | $1.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 10, 2019 | https://x.com/splento |
| Snaffling Pig | Snaffling Pig are makers of big, bold flavoured pork crackling and pork scratchings. | $1.4M | Angel | Nov 18, 2019 | https://www.snafflingpig.co.uk/ |
| Your VC | Growthdeck provides tax-efficient and growth investment opportunities to an expanding network of sophisticated private investors, partners and introducers. They carry out professional due diligence, provide ongoing and extensive business support and develop a close relationship with their investors. They also regularly host networking events thathelp connect growth businesses with sophisticated investors from across the world.Growthdeck attracts a wide range of growth businesses looking to raise money. But only the best will make it through their stringent due diligence process before being presented to the investor network. Their investment team has decades of combined experience in private equity (with the likes of 3i, Hotbed and Rockpool Investments). Growthdeck also retains a panel of high profile sector experts who provide unrivalled experience in assessing the quality of potential opportunities. They also provide hands-on support to their investee businesses throughout the lifetime of their involvement - from raise through to exit. |  | Series B | Nov 01, 2019 | https://www.growthdeck.com/ |
| Look After My Bills | Look After My Bills is for people who want “lower bills with less hassle.”The UK-based startup claims it can save users $320 per year by helping them manage energy, cell phones and broadband bills, by helping them switch providers and optimize for saving. They make $60 in commission every time a user switches businesses and have generated $84,000so far this month from its 4000 users. |  | Series A | Sep 01, 2018 | https://lookaftermybills.com/ |
| Wool Couture | Wool Couture offers cotton knitting craft products for consumers. They allow consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet. They offer shipping information, returns, and exchanges. For questions, feedback, and queries, their addresses are available on their website. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2017 | https://www.woolcouturecompany.com/ |
| Carun | Organic hemp brand offering a wide range of skincare and food supplements |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Henley Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henley-business-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Stepan Galaev invest in?

Stepan Galaev invests primarily in Photography, Energy and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Stepan Galaev?

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### When did Stepan Galaev last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stepan Galaev closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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